Image: Topographical map of the counties of Kings and Queens, New York LOC 2013593266

Description: General-content map of the present-day borough of Brooklyn (Kings County, New York City) and Queens County before the detachment of its eastern portion in 1898 to form Nassau County. Shows incorporated cities, towns (townships), roads, rural buildings, and rural householders' names; shows street system in urban areas. Hand colored to distinguish administrative areas of cities and towns (townships). Prime meridian: City Hall, New York City. "Entered according to Act of Congress in A.D. 1859 by H.F. Walling in the ... Southern District of New York." Printed in northern/southern segments (sheets). LC copy imperfect: The 8 original sheets were conjoined to form a single sheet (wall map), later halved, mounted on cloth backing, both sheets thirded to enable folding, brittle. LC Land ownership maps, 505 Includes table of distances and local business directories. Insets: Astoria (Newtown) -- Manhasset (N. Hempstead) -- Roslyn (North Hempstead) -- Mineola (N. Hempstead) -- East New York -- Fort Hamilton -- Flatbush -- Newtown -- Glen Cove (Oysterbay) -- Jamaica -- Ravenswood (Newtown) -- Far Rockaway (Hempstead) -- Whitestone (Flushing) -- Farmingdale (Oyster Bay) -- New Utrecht -- Norwich (Oyster Bay) -- Flushing -- Hicksville (Oyster Bay) -- Oysterbay -- Hempstead. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Title: Topographical map of the counties of Kings and Queens, New York LOC 2013593266
Credit: https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593266/
Author: Walling, Henry Francis; W.E. & A.A. Baker; H.F. Walling'S Map Establishment
Permission: This map is available from the United States Library of Congress's Geography & Map Division under the digital ID g3804n.la000505. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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